Industrial cabinet



Dec. 2, 1952 vo 2,620,252

INDUSTRIAL CABINET Filed Feb. 1, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Dec. 2, 1952 A. REsTlvo INDUSTRIAL CABINET 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 1, 1947 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Dec. 2, 1952 A. RESTIVO INDUSTRIAL. CABINET 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Feb. 1, 1947 J2 INVENTOR' ATTORNEY Dec. 2, 1952 -1 0 2,620,252

INDUSTRIAL CABINET Filed Feb. 1, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 H 56 57 Z 12 I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 2, 1952 umrrao PATENT OFFICE Iser rs seems Angelo Restiyo. Jamaic N- assi nor to Lab: 1'

.Qratq Furnitur C an nc. L g s nd -Qity, ii. Y, a corporation of New'XQrk f P l i'iiiiiiH new 1947: Serial 8 1 7 Claims.

The invention is directed to functionally and structurally improved industrial cabinets particularly applicable for housing miscellaneous apparatus, for storing chemicals 'and accessories thereof, and for serving as adepository for important specimens and physical exhibits although the invention in its broadest aspect is not limited in these respects. 'Customer'requirements in respect to industrial cabinets df'the type alluded to vary appreciably"and because of such requirements standardization to cover a large number of various styles of such cabinets is quite diflicult. Because" of such diversified requirements, the cabinets ina great many instances are practically i'istommade' at the source of manufacture to follow-certaindimensions and styles requested by the c stomer; Obviously this practice was not'only expensive but'precluded the customer from guicklyconverting'one style of cabinet toanotl ler type. One important aspect of the invention is toproyide a cabinet of the type alluded to which maybe readily standardized dimensionally at the source "of manufacture, nevertheless in amajority bfcases conveniently convertible b'y' thefcustomer from one type to another to suit-certain requirements. Specifically another object is to" provide interchangeable doors cooperating. with removable channel shaped stops andharrier meansffor readily converting the cabinetto the particular type desired. A further object is to removably sustain a rail or track'on spaced and transversely alined flanges. Another object resides in the provision of spaced front and rear channel shaped posts having means removably sustaining a rail for slidably guiding a drawer. Another'object is realized infthe'provision of a novel rear post having a plurality oif vertically spaced receiving means or eyes severally and 'removably cooperating with offset rearwardly extending tongue or detent means-projecting from the'rail. Other salient objects, features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following detailed specification taken-with the accompanying drawings whereini Fig. l is a perspective view of an industrial cabinet according-to one style or embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged exploded and perspective view of several partsof th'e cabinet i llustrated in Fig. 1. r

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Fig. 4 is a plan view 'on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged iragmentary and horizontal sectional view on the line 5- 5 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a vertical and broken sectional view of the cabinet however along the plane 5-45 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the drawersupporting rails or tracks connected to the. rear middlepqst of the cabinet.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the door support or carrier.

Fig. 82 is a broken perspective view of one of the removable channel shaped stops.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, .illustratingthe double paneled swingable hollow door.

Fig. .10 'is a horizontal sectional view of the housing taken on the line .IOTLU of Fig. 2 how- 'ever'illustrating the front middle post in position. v

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view of the cabinet illustrating a front part of a rail mounted on a rear portion of the front middle post.

Fig. 12 is a horizontal sectional View on the line l2l2 of Fig. 3. r

Fig. 13 is a vertical sectional view on the line 13-43 of Fig. 12.

l ig. 13 is a fragmentary view of the cabinet illustrating the removable closures for the rear wall of the cabinet, and

Figs. 14 to 22 inclusive show in perspective other styles or embodiments'of industrial cabinets according to the invention.

illustrative of the embodiments disclosed the industrial cabinet is generally designated 0 and is characterized by the sheetmet'al hollow housing havingthe rear wall land the side walls ll. Appropriately fastened within the housing and between the side walls H is the bottom wall or flooring l2. I

The sides H areprovidedwith front vertically disposed rims 13 having the inwardly turned flanges I 4 each embodying a pair of spaced .vertical rows of perforations 1'5 and 16 (Figs. 2 and The fixed flooring-"i2 is coextensive with the le t a d Wi th of the interiorof the housing and in ra t proj ts beyond the reduced lower portion 19 of the cabinet (Fig. 3) which embodies awards: tu i id'lbw flan it s ate o the supporting surface 21 Interposed between the spaced and front vertical rims l3 and preferably welded to the flooring I2 is the U or channel shaped front post 22 provided with spaced and parallel and rearwardly extending flanges 23 each provided with spaced vertical rows of perforations 24 and 25 (Fig. 12).

Appropriately spot welded to the upper and forward portions of the sides H of the housing and to middle post 22 is the rabbeted brace or sill 26 (Figs. 1 and 2).

In the form according to Fig. l, supplemental braces or sills 21 spaced from the upper rabbeted brace 26 are also appropriately welded to the middle post 22 and the sides H, thus providing two openings 28 through which the drawers D may be withdrawn.

swingable doors 30 and 3| (Fig, 1) are removably mounted in openings 29 formed by middle post 22, the rims I3, the sills 21 and flooring [2. It will be observed (Figs. 9 and 12) that door 30 for purposes of illustration is hollow and double paneled while door 3| is appreciably less in thickness and is formed from a single sheet of metal.

Each door has anchored thereto leaves or flat arms 32 of the upper and lower hinges each broadly denoted H each including upper and lower pivoted leaves or flat arms 33 welded to spaced upper and lower notched portions of the U or channel shaped carriers 34 (Figs. 8 and 12). By such construction the doors may be swung relative to the carriers or supports 34 and to the inside faces of the webs 35 thereof to each of which heads 36 of the bolts 31 are welded.

Where it is desired to swingably mount the relatively thick door 30 (Fig. 12) the shanks of screws 31 of one of the carriers 34 are threaded through vertically alined openings l6 of the rear row openings along one of the rearwardly extending flanges [4, thus locating the carrier 34 appreciably away from the outside face of the adjacent rim l3. Clamping means in the form of internally threaded nuts 38 mounted on the threaded shanks of the pins or bolts 31 are utilized to removably hold legs or sides 39 of a carrier 34 against the flange l4.

Channel shaped stops 4!] similar to the carriers 34 but devoid of hinges H are removably mounted on the spaced sides or legs 23 of the U-shaped middle post 22 and it will be observed that a web 4| of each stop 40 (Figs. 8 and 12) has welded thereto heads 42 of the spaced bolts 43 adapted to be threadably received in the alined and rear openings 25 or the alined and front openings 24 of the middle post or column 22. Where the double paneled hollow door 30 is used, the shanks of the fixed bolts 43 are threaded through alined and rear openings 25. In case a single panel door is employed pins or bolts 43 are threaded through alined and front openings 24. Thereafter the nuts 44 are adjusted to clamp the spaced legs 45 against the flanges or legs 23 of the middle post 22. Of course the front row of openings IS in the rearwardly extending flanges [4 are in alinement with the front row of openings 24 in the middle post 22 and the rear row of openings [6 in the flanges l4 are in alinement with rear row of openings 25. By the present arrangement it is apparent that a double panel door may be readily removed and in its place a single panel door may be substituted and quickly fastened. The same is true in the case of the substitution of a double panel door for a single panel door.

Preferably welded to the rear vertical wall l of the housing is a U or channel shaped post 45 (Figs. 2, 5 and '7) having forwardly extending legs 4'! interrupted by the alined gaps 48. Legs 4'! are provided with a plurality of struck out but inwardly overhanging and vertically spaced ears or hook receiving means 49 defining a plurality of openings 50 through which a tongue or hook 5| struck out of web 52 of an inside rail or track generally denoted 53 may be selectively and removably projected. A companion outer rail or track 54 (Fig. 2) is also provided with a struck out tongue or detent 55 removably and selectively retained by one of the ears or receiving means 56 struck out of and outwardly overhanging legs or flanges N3 of the fixed corner angle irons II.

By the present'arrangement a pair of tracks 53 and 54 may be readily and removably hooked onto and retained by the rear middle post or column 46 and on one of the corner angle irons I1 and these tracks are utilized to slidably guide a drawer as D. However the forward portions of a pair of companion tracks 53 and 54 are also removably secured to one of the legs or flanges 23 of the front middle post 22 and to one of the front perforated rearwardly extending flanges l4. In this connection the forward part of track 53 (Figs. 2 and 11) is suspended on the partly threaded shank of bolt 54' passing through one of the openings in post 22 and through an alined opening 55' in a projection or lug 56. Rotatably retained on the shank of bolt 54' is a roller 51. Also mounted on the threaded shank of bolt 54' is a clamping nut 58 for removably retaining lug 55' against the middle post 22 and for retaining roller 51 in place.

Each track 54 includes a lug 60 (Figs. 2 and 6) having an opening 6| in line with one opening 16 in an adjacent flange I4 of the housing for reception of the shank of the partly threaded bolt 62 on which the anti-friction roller 63 is mounted. The nut 64 holds lug 60 desirably against a respective flange l4 and the roller 63 operatively in place.

For each drawer D, a pair of demountable tracks as 53 and 54 are employed. These may be quickly removed completely from the cabinet or shifted and secured to other locations therein to accommodate similar or other capacity drawers as is well understood.

Each drawer D has welded along its sides the angle irons 10 each carrying at the rear ends thereof a roller as H (Figs. 2 and 6) removably seated on the inwardly extending flanges 12 of a companion pair of rails 53 and 54 and outwardly extending flanges 13 of the angle irons 10 are removably seated on a pair of rollers 51 and 53, the arrangement being such that the drawers D may be easily guided on a pair of rails as 53 and 54 and may be conveniently inserted into or withdrawn from the cabinet.

In the form according to Fig. 1 a pair of slidably guided regular or conventional size drawers D are shown above a pair of outwardly swinging doors. In the form according to Fig. 14 four drawers are shown in vertical alinement with a single swingable door to one side of the front middle post. In Fig. 15 the center post is reduced to provide for larger size outwardly swinging doors. In Fig. 16 the center posts as is well understood are completely removed and the cabinet has been converted to take care of two large outwardly swinging doors. In Fig. 17 the upper portion of the middle post has been eliminated to permit the use of a single wide drawer. In Fig. 18 the cabinet has beenconverted for a single wide drawer and two conventional me atwa'rding swingingdoors. In} l9 the cabinet has one large drawer abo free sin ller eapaeity superimposed draw tionalsized door. I-n-Fig. -2 1 capacity drawers D are s tained in a re ular small sizeddrawer compart regular sized drawers are v superimposed-large size drawrs, and F1 2 2, as in the case of Fig. 2-l,-"iioddrs are-utilized, and instead-two pairs of reg- 'r ;sizedj" awe'rs are'provided on each side of tlie front middle post o'rcolun'in. 4 I J i If desired, removable panels"- r closures '80 (Fig. 13*) are provided at the rear of the cabiinet, each panel having a forwardly projecting lower flange 8| removably seated on the base or flooring I2 of the cabinet (Fig. 3). These panels each also include a forwardly projecting upper flange 82 removably connected with a companion forwardly projecting flange 83 of the rear wall It by suitable bolt and nut means generally designated 84 and offset lugs 85 (Figs. 3 and 13*) secured to a panel 80 removably engages the rear wall I to locate the panel.

Inwardly bent flanges 90 (Fig. 2) of the cabinet housing support a counter or table not shown for concealing the interior of the cabinet which may be readily converted for various types of swinging doors and for diversified capacity sliding drawers and for various combinations of various types of drawers and doors.

Briefly recapitulating, the cabinet is readily convertible for either a double or single panel swinging door. The front transversely arranged perforated flanges I4 and the alined flanges 18 of the fixed rear angle irons I1 removably sustain an outer rail as 54 to aid in slidably holding a removable drawer as D. Specifically a tongue 55 is adapted to severally and removably interlock with an eye 56 of an outer rail 54 thus removably sustaining the rear end of this rail while the forward end of the latter is disengageably held against the companion forwardly disposed flange 18 by bolt and nut clamping means 62 and. 64. The front and rear posts 22 and 46 also serve the purpose of removably sustaining an inner rail as 53 and the removable stops 4! (Figs. 8 and 12) constitute means to limit inward swingable displacement of a door.

Various changes may be made in details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof inherent therein.

I claim:

1. In a cabinet, a housing having a rearwardly extending and vertically disposed flange provided with vertically alined and spaced perforations, carrier means, threaded shanks fixedly carried by said carrier means and removably disposed in said perforations, clamping means removably mounted on said shanks for holding said carrier means against said flange, a door, and hinge means having leaves secured to said door and carrier means.

2. In a cabinet, a housing having a rearwardly extending and vertically disposed flange provided with vertically alined and spaced perforations, channel shaped carrier means having a web and spaced sides, threaded shanks interposed between said sides and fixedly carried by said web and removably disposed in said perforations, clamping means removably mounted on said shanks for holding said sides against said flange, a swingablede'or, and hinge meanshaving leaves sesaid aces and carrier inaris. V

, ,-'afhousing-having a rearwardly as e 1 dingan'd ver'tidally disposed flangeprovided with spaced ree s 'efvaieany alined and spaced perforations, han-ne'l' shaped carrier-means having 'web' and ed sides, threaded shanks fixedly carriedby'said web and selectively removably disposed ineither of said rows, clamping means removably mounted on said shanks for holdin said sides against said flanges, a swingable door, and hinge means having leaves secured to said door and. c arrier means.

4. A cabinet adapted to utilize doors severally but, of j. different thicknesses for closing a doorwayyfiange' means extending transversely of said doorway from the front part of said cabinet and including a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical rows of alined but spaced perforations, carrier means having threaded means receivable in one of said rows for arranging one of said doors to be substantially flush with said part, hinge means having separable leaves secured to said last mentioned door and carrier means, and clamping means removably mounted on said threaded means for holding said carrier means against said flange means.

5. A cabinet adapted to utilize doors severally but of different thicknesses for' closing a doorway; flange means extending transversely of said doorway from the front part of said cabinet and including a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical rows of alined but spaced perforations, channel shaped means having a web and spaced sides, threaded means secured to said web and receivable in one of said rows for arranging one of said doors to be substantially flush with said part, hinge means having separable leaves secured to said last mentioned door and channel shaped means, and clamping means removably mounted on said threaded means cooperating with said web for holding said sides against said flange means.

6. A cabinet adapted to utilize doors severally but of different thicknesses for closing a doorway; flange means extending transversely of said doorway from the front part of said cabinet and including a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical rows of alined but spaced perforations, carrier means having threaded shanks receivable in one of said rows for arranging one of said doors to be substantially flush with said part, hinge means having separable leaves secured to said last mentioned door and carrier means, and clamping means removably mounted on said threaded shanks for holding said carrier means against said flange means.

7. A cabinet adapted to utilize doors severally but of diflerent thicknesses for closing a doorway; flange means extending transversely of said doorway from the front part of said cabinet and including a plurality of horizontally spaced vertical rows of alined but spaced perforations, carrier means having threaded means receivable in one of said rows for arranging one of said doors to be substantially flush with said part, hinge means having separable leaves secured to said last mentioned door and carrier means, clamping means removably mounted on said threaded means for holding said carrier means against said flange means, a flange at said front part and extending towards the rear of said cabinet but spaced from said flange means and including horizontally spaced vertical rows of spaced openings in alinement with said perforations, stop means, threaded means carried by said stop means adapted to be inserted into either of said rows of openings for arranging said stop means rearwardly of said front part to accommodate the width of said last mentioned door, and clamping means removably mounted on said last mentioned threaded means for holding said stop means against said flange. ANGELO RESTIVO.

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